Melbourne Cup jockey's sporting gesture when placing second has met with an outpouring of praise.

A Melbourne rugby player busted for organising to rape a six-year-old boy at a paedophile party has been sentenced to 12 years' jail in the US.

The greatest horse race in the southern hemisphere slips into stride today at Flemington. Here's your online Melbourne Cup guide with a Kiwi flavour.

Twelve years ago when James McDonald was growing up on a Cambridge horse and dairy farm he dreamed of the day he might win a $7000 race at Ellerslie.

Derby Day is a Spring Carnival favourite in Australia - and while the crowds showed up in their elegant best, they certainly didn't leave that way.

Offices around the country will grind to a standstill next Tuesday tomorrow at 5pm when the 156th Melbourne Cup kicks off over the

A judge has ruled New Zealand Police canines are among the top dogs in Australasia.

The 34-year-old developer, who has become the youngest new entrant to BRW's Rich List, began with a humble gym when he was just 19.

A woman who fell to her death after plunging from an apartment building in Melbourne was a New Zealander, the Herald understands.

This funky rooftop accommodation has the 'wow' factor, finds Prashant Mehra.

Help yourself to a sizeable pinch of salt before watching this clip, shot in Melbourne, that purports to show secretive graffiti artist Banksy at work.

Three deaf people were caught on CCTV using sign language to plot the murder of their housemate moments, an Australian court has heard.

Max Richards' dog Pink refused to leave his side, after he was struck by a car on his morning walk.

A former Rotorua man has spoken about surviving a random attack in Melbourne in which he was stabbed six times by his attacker.

A man is behind bars over the near-fatal "cowardly" stabbing of an innocent bystander in Melbourne.

A NZ man who almost died after he was stabbed multiple times in Melbourne says his attacker's cowardly lies about what happened have "rubbed salt into his wounds".

A Melbourne teen who planned to run down and behead a police officer in a gruesome Anzac Day terror attack will spend at least half his 20s in a cell.

Imogen had dark hair and big eyes - a woman any man would find attractive. But she was a lure for child groomers. WARNING: Sex content.

A petrol tanker rolled, crushing a car and starting a chain of collisions on a Melbourne motorway.

A festival in Melbourne wants to help people make better choices by giving them a chance to try more than 450 beers.

Coastguard and police were on hand when a hot air balloon ran into trouble and started drifting out to sea.

A street performer has caught on fire during the stunt on Melbourne's Southbank. Dozens rushed to help the woman after screaming could be heard.

The sister of a young Kiwi-born man who died after being hit by a train in Melbourne said her brother was kind-hearted and caring, but struggled with depression.

The family of a New Zealand man hit by a train last week in Melbourne have set up a fundraising page to bring his body home.

The interesting thing about this exhibition being based in a museum is the balance between science and Hollywood.

Melbourne has come out tops as the favourite destination for Kiwis heading across the ditch.

The divide between Melbourne and Sydney is a bit like that of Wellington and Auckland.

If you've ever been teased for your fiery locks, this is the event for you.

A Melbourne gangland lawyer who was gunned down outside his ice cream parlour apparently had a bounty on his head that had been increased to A$500,000 before his death.